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sustain the programs that democrats see critical to investing in the next generation, education, or basic science, without finding ways to control the growth of entitlement spending, or even the affordable care act? >> there's a question we have quite a democratic shift happened, and it's happening not forever but the next 25 years. many of the baby boomers would like to live forever but probably not going to, even though we're going to try. you know, it is, that's our reality but with 10,000 new seniors every day, coming online every day in this country and we have fewer workers to pay into medicare, and that's an issue. so yes, we have -- we also have to understand those are a lot of seniors who we are also proposing to take it. so can we make sure the health delivery system is more efficient? yes, we can. i talk about some of the most to do that. we should demand more accountability on that. beneficiaries participate not by denying them care, denying them benefits, but by being healthier, taking up recommendations, following doctor recommendations. not doing too much doctor shopping. they're i
sustain the programs that democrats see critical to investing in the next generation, education, or basic science, without finding ways to control the growth of entitlement spending, or even the affordable care act? >> there's a question we have quite a democratic shift happened, and it's happening not forever but the next 25 years. many of the baby boomers would like to live forever but probably not going to, even though we're going to try. you know, it is, that's our reality but with...
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the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled immigrants who come to study at our colleges and universities. in particular, this bill would make eligible for a green card those who graduate in the stem fields who get a master's degree or a ph.d. and so we would not add to the net number of green cards that would be eligible, there is 55,000 diversity lottery visa green cards that would be substituted for by these stem green cards. now, we all know that america's immigration system is broken, and, unfortunately, it's a self-inflicted wound in many respects, but in particular by diving away highly skilled foreign workers who want to start busine
the hard sciences that we have too few in terms of graduates from our colleges and universities. this bill passed in the house of representatives with 245 votes, and was originally sponsored by my friend and colleague, lamar smith of texas, and is very similar to a piece of legislation i myself have introduced earlier this year. the goal of this legislation is one that i think is -- enjoys broad bipartisan support, and that is to help the united states retain more of the highly skilled...
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he spoke at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor. this is an hour. >> our guest today are richard trumka, president of the afl-cio o, and the group's political director. mr. rum ca grew up in the -- trumka grew up in the pennsylvania coal fields and followed his father, frank, and grandfather into the mines. he worked his way through penn state university and entered -- earned a law degree from villanova university. in 1982 at age 33, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in its history to hold that position. he served three terms as president and brought the umwa into the afl-cio. in 995 he ran to be secretary/treasurer of the afl-cio and became the youngest person to hold that position where he served for 15 years. mr. trumka was elected president of the afl-cio in september 2009. the afl-cio's political team since 1997, an expert in sophisticated voter mobilization models, he became deputy political director in 2005 and director in june of last year. before coming to the afl-cio, he was assoc
he spoke at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor. this is an hour. >> our guest today are richard trumka, president of the afl-cio o, and the group's political director. mr. rum ca grew up in the -- trumka grew up in the pennsylvania coal fields and followed his father, frank, and grandfather into the mines. he worked his way through penn state university and entered -- earned a law degree from villanova university. in 1982 at age 33, he was elected president of the united...
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what science can do for public health. it's the reason why i'm really delighted to introduce this person. ny fauci. -- tony fauci. [applause] tony is the director of the national institute of infectious disease at the nih since 1984. he has overseen an extensive research process to preventing, diagnosing and treating infectious and immune disease. where he has made numerous important discovers related to hiv/aids and is one of the most cited scientists in the field. he's the author of more than 1,200 scientific publications including several major textbooks. mr. fauci has received numerous awards for his scientific accomplishments including the national medal of science award for public service and the presidential medal of freedom. ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to call tony. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction can. ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank the organizers for giving me the opportunity to kick off the scientific component of this international symposium and to take the theme that was develop
what science can do for public health. it's the reason why i'm really delighted to introduce this person. ny fauci. -- tony fauci. [applause] tony is the director of the national institute of infectious disease at the nih since 1984. he has overseen an extensive research process to preventing, diagnosing and treating infectious and immune disease. where he has made numerous important discovers related to hiv/aids and is one of the most cited scientists in the field. he's the author of more than...
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coonan for science are instrumental in calling for the report for the national academy of sciences to assess our prospects on inertial confinement fusion energy. the national academy released their interim report coming and again, i would ask unanimous consent to put the interim report into the record. >> this is not a report that's been discussed with the other side and normally, you know, we do that. >> i wasn't aware of that, mr. chairman. >> there would be objection unless you want to work it out with them. >> it's a national academy of science report. it's on the internet. >> and understand it's a very big report. we are aware of it. but the normal procedures to have it worked out and i think they would work with you if you do it before we close. >> i would be happy to do that. but i would like to note that the report basically it is a long report, but it is i would say enthusiastic about the process. originally, the goal for a commission was 2014. somehow that more often to 2012. and as the report, the national academy report indicates there's no guarantee. this is science, not
coonan for science are instrumental in calling for the report for the national academy of sciences to assess our prospects on inertial confinement fusion energy. the national academy released their interim report coming and again, i would ask unanimous consent to put the interim report into the record. >> this is not a report that's been discussed with the other side and normally, you know, we do that. >> i wasn't aware of that, mr. chairman. >> there would be objection unless...
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i am a student in the political science master's program. my question pertains to the dictatorship of belarus. americans are bombarded with media reports on the middle east but few even know the country of belarus exists. i find that worrisome given that millions of dollars from russia have just been invested in the country for a nuclear energy program. secretary clinton said that she supported this program if belarus would adhere to national standards and regulations. the country did not seem to be -- from past actions, it does not seem like that is a possibility. what are we doing for our defense to make sure that this threat does not come about? we are worried about nuclear power in iran. is there any possibility that the dictator in belarus could partner up and develop something that is not important for u.s. interests? >> as i said in my speech, one of the concerns i have is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we have to be very conscious of the danger of that happening. it is what concerns us about iran and north korea. i
i am a student in the political science master's program. my question pertains to the dictatorship of belarus. americans are bombarded with media reports on the middle east but few even know the country of belarus exists. i find that worrisome given that millions of dollars from russia have just been invested in the country for a nuclear energy program. secretary clinton said that she supported this program if belarus would adhere to national standards and regulations. the country did not seem...
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[laughter] which are having to do with science and science topics. so there's the question why? why do all this work to general science books and science information for the general audience? >> i enjoy writing. [laughter] i'm a southerner. we tell stories. we love telling stories, that's all. no, i write easily, and i also have written subjects of science that have a broad interest. i've also had the ambition to move biology, particularly evolutionary biology which is in the fringes of the national science direction of social science and humanities to move us closer to other branches of learning as we have some sort of dialogue, colloquy across the great branches, something that hasn't been achieved although there's been ambition. >> how close do you think you've come? >> i think we are beginning and that's not my effort but the biological sciences, and particularly in that direction in the studies of the brain and of the studies of human evolution through neurobiology and those are subjects that are in this book. >> that's some fairly heavy stuff they're i think from where we
[laughter] which are having to do with science and science topics. so there's the question why? why do all this work to general science books and science information for the general audience? >> i enjoy writing. [laughter] i'm a southerner. we tell stories. we love telling stories, that's all. no, i write easily, and i also have written subjects of science that have a broad interest. i've also had the ambition to move biology, particularly evolutionary biology which is in the fringes of...
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science. he tries to take us along us on an adventure. that's the way he works. now, i had sort of a backstage experience of all that wind come in 2000 he was writing "the universe in a nutshell," and my publisher in new york, also his publisher in new york, asked me whether, they actually hired me to help edit the book. and my duty was to help them make it simpler. help them make it more easy to understand. stephen was okay with it. i did know how he would take that, especially since when is editor their symphony is draft part of the book, and i've been try to help her understand that this was going to make a book. she had some doubt as to what is going to fit together. and i made little clauses in the margin all through the, and some of them were not complemented. she sent the whole thing to do. and i thought this is ridiculous. anyway, he was okay with it. so we worked together by e-mail for a couple of months, and then i went, i was in the united states than. then i went over to cambridge
science. he tries to take us along us on an adventure. that's the way he works. now, i had sort of a backstage experience of all that wind come in 2000 he was writing "the universe in a nutshell," and my publisher in new york, also his publisher in new york, asked me whether, they actually hired me to help edit the book. and my duty was to help them make it simpler. help them make it more easy to understand. stephen was okay with it. i did know how he would take that, especially since...
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i sometimes call the science of complexity for signs of emergence and sometimes i call it the science of surprised. and abrupt climate change would be one of those. this is a -- to the system that nobody can predict because the patterns are emerging now and we have never seen these patterns before. so if we can let go a little bit about the need as human beings, once again change our mental model, arnita control and predict, we may come up with some new ideas if we keep focusing on that. i think we are going to lose the opportunity for some creative thinking. the other thing i want to say though is i agree with you, the insurance business worldwide can be a catalyst for other businesses in pushing ways to make ourselves safer and this new climate paradigm and that is one of the ways that people can change their habits. we talked about fastening seatbelts for example. that is a huge change for people, so that is the role i think of the insurance industry and could be a catalyst, a pioneer for the rest of businesses. trying to use analytic predictive methods i think is going to fail. >>
i sometimes call the science of complexity for signs of emergence and sometimes i call it the science of surprised. and abrupt climate change would be one of those. this is a -- to the system that nobody can predict because the patterns are emerging now and we have never seen these patterns before. so if we can let go a little bit about the need as human beings, once again change our mental model, arnita control and predict, we may come up with some new ideas if we keep focusing on that. i...
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what science are you going to base this on? she said well, the intergovernmental panel on climate change would be the major thing that will do it. and so sure enough, that's exactly what happened. the interesting thing -- i mean, you talk about poetic justice, mr. president. this could not have happened if i had planned it, but i remember going over it and as she made this declaration that we now are going to be able to do through regulation which they are trying to do right now what we couldn't do through regulation because the people of america have spoken through their elected representatives in the house and the senate and have denied us the opportunity to do cap-and-trade so they do it through an endangerment finding that was based on the ipcc. well, what happened after that was what i call the poetic justice, and that is climategate occurred. i had nothing to do with it. when it happened, i got to thinking all the speeches i have made in the previous ten years on the floor of this senate were speeches saying exactly the s
what science are you going to base this on? she said well, the intergovernmental panel on climate change would be the major thing that will do it. and so sure enough, that's exactly what happened. the interesting thing -- i mean, you talk about poetic justice, mr. president. this could not have happened if i had planned it, but i remember going over it and as she made this declaration that we now are going to be able to do through regulation which they are trying to do right now what we...
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we need correct social science. anyway, to make a long story short, i came back and got another meeting in there, and i got huey to come into class and richard and virgil, and i'm arguing again. some of the other black stunts, bobby seale, every time we turn around you running around here in our class, man, with this afro-black talk, man, and i'm trying to get educated. [laughter] anyway, huey gets up in the back room and says i'd like to make a suggestion that for correct social science reference -- who are you, the teacher said? i'm here to support bobby's argument about the need for correct social science reference, and i want to suggest africanoid as opposed to negroid. she said, sit down, mr. seale, okay, i accept this. i said, wait a minute, we've got to equal eyes this terminology. you've been arguing for two weeks, i accept this. i said, no, no, you don't understand what's happening here. first we don't want knee groid. negroid. but the black folks and the people of color, they are either mongoloid or africa
we need correct social science. anyway, to make a long story short, i came back and got another meeting in there, and i got huey to come into class and richard and virgil, and i'm arguing again. some of the other black stunts, bobby seale, every time we turn around you running around here in our class, man, with this afro-black talk, man, and i'm trying to get educated. [laughter] anyway, huey gets up in the back room and says i'd like to make a suggestion that for correct social science...
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in 2001 with a bachelor's degree with honors in political science. after college, for a time he enrolled in law school but soon decided because of his desire to serve that his path to fulfillment lay in military service. when i first met dan, a military career was certainly not at all what i would have expected him to do, but it just goes to show you the growth and maturity this young man achieved in such a very short time. he was in law school after 9/11. and after he witnessed what happened after 9/11, he wanted to do something, says charlie utley. he was miserable in law school because he wanted to do something for his country. dan's friend and fellow mcconnell scholar connie wilkinson toby agrees. "dan was ready to live life and he was probably smarter than everybody sitting in law school," she says. "that was not stimulating enough for him, and he was ready to do great things. so in 2003, dan joined the army and went to o.c.s." in almost a decade of army service, captain utley served in many posts, all of them challenging and proved his skill an
in 2001 with a bachelor's degree with honors in political science. after college, for a time he enrolled in law school but soon decided because of his desire to serve that his path to fulfillment lay in military service. when i first met dan, a military career was certainly not at all what i would have expected him to do, but it just goes to show you the growth and maturity this young man achieved in such a very short time. he was in law school after 9/11. and after he witnessed what happened...
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and physical sciences research program. that program coordinated both the hrp and the piece that i'll talk about when we get to the space operations director account. sorry. next slide. here we are. space ops. this is the space shuttle program that has thousands and thousands of pieces of equipment that need to be transitioned and retired, and we hope this is the last year we'll be asking for funds to do this. this is a multiyear program, and the biggest of those pieces of equipment are, of course, the orbiters themself, and the discovery is going to the smithsonian by political of this year moving the enterprise moves from there to the intrepid museum in new york, and the others transferred to the visitors center next year in 2013. next side. this is the main account to fund the international space station, funds the maintain operation, extension, and lifetime utilization of the isf research capabilities including oversight talked about in the video. there's also a slight increase in this account. it's primarily to fund cr
and physical sciences research program. that program coordinated both the hrp and the piece that i'll talk about when we get to the space operations director account. sorry. next slide. here we are. space ops. this is the space shuttle program that has thousands and thousands of pieces of equipment that need to be transitioned and retired, and we hope this is the last year we'll be asking for funds to do this. this is a multiyear program, and the biggest of those pieces of equipment are, of...
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, science-based and human rights-sensitive. another barrier to progress at the country level is failure to fully include women and girls. given its disproportionate impact on women and girls, hiv is not only a health issue, it remains and has been a woman's issue. pepfar and all hiv programs must be part of the broader effort to support countries in meeting the needs, the health needs of women and girls including those living with hiv. as external partners, we are in a position to engage countries in dialogue around and strongly support country-owned plans that will improve the overall health of women and girls. there's no doubt that the move toward country ownership in pepfar is a work in progress, but it is well underway. during pepfar's reauthorization in 2008, congress provided us with the authority to establish partnership frameworks to make this transition. the joint strategic road maps on a grade two and signed by the united states and partner governments promoting mutual accountability and sustainability over a five-yea
, science-based and human rights-sensitive. another barrier to progress at the country level is failure to fully include women and girls. given its disproportionate impact on women and girls, hiv is not only a health issue, it remains and has been a woman's issue. pepfar and all hiv programs must be part of the broader effort to support countries in meeting the needs, the health needs of women and girls including those living with hiv. as external partners, we are in a position to engage...
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soak in order to support other kinds of science for life. so i think that the islamists movement has its many peoples in the nation suffered a lot, corruption and public funds end i believe that it is imperative that there should be as serious step in this direction so that we are able to control the resources that are being wasted in various ways. no doubt that corruption is a general phenomenon. we in the arab world, population of about 50 million, about 55% in agriculture. and, of course, a shortage of water. the number of unemployed, 15%. those who are below the poverty line, about one-third i believe that if we wanted to do -- if there is any -- if we look at these numbers there will be concerned with stopping that waste of the resources. the islamist movement is not like the public sector. particularly had experience in the public sector. other areas have experienced the public sector. for example, i have about 1,000 citizens working with me. what better people like me in tech country like jordan, you would employ about 100,000 people.
soak in order to support other kinds of science for life. so i think that the islamists movement has its many peoples in the nation suffered a lot, corruption and public funds end i believe that it is imperative that there should be as serious step in this direction so that we are able to control the resources that are being wasted in various ways. no doubt that corruption is a general phenomenon. we in the arab world, population of about 50 million, about 55% in agriculture. and, of course, a...
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but as the years have back, science let us. some examples briefly prevented the mother to child transmission. a breakthrough study of those seven dates indicating by treating the mother you can actually decrease dramatically. now we treat mothers for their disease and secondarily together with the mother's health, the baby is born on the fact getting to be. in the united states, this has transformed what we see now on these bad virus, the estimated number. but in fact, remember when neher creosote last night. in the city, with high prevalence there has not been a child born with hiv infections since 2009 in a city with high prevalence. [applause] that's thegood news, 600,000 infections were averted by prophylaxis. but we still have a challenge to at least 330,000 new infections in 2011 alone. what about male circumcision? this is a stunningly successful intervention. the trial in south africa, kenya and uganda shows advocacy than in the compliance of the trial, it were. the real question is, was at work in the field? and matter
but as the years have back, science let us. some examples briefly prevented the mother to child transmission. a breakthrough study of those seven dates indicating by treating the mother you can actually decrease dramatically. now we treat mothers for their disease and secondarily together with the mother's health, the baby is born on the fact getting to be. in the united states, this has transformed what we see now on these bad virus, the estimated number. but in fact, remember when neher...
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get people excited about science in kindergarten. that's what business leaders did it is probably not social media or twitter. >> any thoughts about this, about unleashing the hidden tinkering talent? >> no, i think there is a culture change. and i would agree with dominic, it's got to start early, k-12 is the key to getting more interest in science them more interest in innovation at higher levels. i served on the national academies committee on a saturday morning sitting around a room with a table full of research professors from leading research universities. we said what do we all have in common, why did we think we were here that saturday morning? two things, one thing was gilbert chemistry set and we were lamenting the fact that it's out of because of legitimate safety reason to buy the other factor will have in common was a preschool teacher that made science. and if we can put the excitement in the classroom, we will get the kids and s.t.e.m. majors and universities. >> we had mayor daley at a dinner last night, former mayor
get people excited about science in kindergarten. that's what business leaders did it is probably not social media or twitter. >> any thoughts about this, about unleashing the hidden tinkering talent? >> no, i think there is a culture change. and i would agree with dominic, it's got to start early, k-12 is the key to getting more interest in science them more interest in innovation at higher levels. i served on the national academies committee on a saturday morning sitting around a...
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. >> i would go back to medical fact and science. according to evidence based medicine. >> this is the world health organization. >> birth control is safe, and it is 90 percent effective. in relation to talking to the 13 and 15 year-old, we believe that is the role of a parent. what we do every single day is encourage parents to have conversations with their children. the vast majority of teenagers in texas want to hear from their parents about their bodies. planned parenthood de amelie teach your but the science. we hope you teach them about the immorality, your gun, and your views on science. again, we believe that all people have the right to scientifically based medically accurate information. [applause] >> hi. i'm laura. catholic wife of one, mother of two. i am here to give probably a different perspective about contraception and i hope to be a voice of a different option for all these beautiful men and women in the audience. i have been married for 20 years . i embrace the gift of the catholic teaching about contraception. the
. >> i would go back to medical fact and science. according to evidence based medicine. >> this is the world health organization. >> birth control is safe, and it is 90 percent effective. in relation to talking to the 13 and 15 year-old, we believe that is the role of a parent. what we do every single day is encourage parents to have conversations with their children. the vast majority of teenagers in texas want to hear from their parents about their bodies. planned parenthood...
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we need to strengthen the interface between science and policy making, and to improve the institutional framework for development. for my part as secretary-general, i am committed to mobilize in the entire u.n. system to promote success, and then the robust implementation of what is agreed. as i said this morning, while i was meeting with the finance ministers, i emphasize that their role would be as crucial as anyone's. the transformation to agreeing economy will be propelled in large a part by their decisions on investments, subsidies, incentives, environmental accounting, and much else. i stressed to them that challenges we face are of such immense magnitude, and so closely interconnected that they require nothing less than the paradigm shift, a fundamental reset of the global development agenda. i emphasized that we must seize this once in a generation opportunity to agree on a concrete set of outcomes that will create an inclusive green economy for this and future generations. i am also mobilizing the entire u.n. system. last week in geneva, i chaired what is known as a chief execu
we need to strengthen the interface between science and policy making, and to improve the institutional framework for development. for my part as secretary-general, i am committed to mobilize in the entire u.n. system to promote success, and then the robust implementation of what is agreed. as i said this morning, while i was meeting with the finance ministers, i emphasize that their role would be as crucial as anyone's. the transformation to agreeing economy will be propelled in large a part...
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it's not rocket science. every major national science academy in the world has reported that global warming is real. it is nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just stand up and say, without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer-reviewed analysis; just stand up and say, oh, there isn't enough evidence. and they say it because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that doesn't want to change the status quo. facts that beg for an unprecedented public response are met with unsubstantiated, even totally contradicted denial. and those who deny have never ever met their de minimis responsibility to provide some scientific answer to what, if not human behavior, is causing the increase in greenhouse gas particulates and how, if not by curbing greenhouse gases, we will address this crisis. in fact, when one measures the effect of taking action versus not taking action, the naysayers' case is even more con founding. just think about it. if
it's not rocket science. every major national science academy in the world has reported that global warming is real. it is nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just stand up and say, without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer-reviewed analysis; just stand up and say, oh, there isn't enough evidence. and they say it because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that doesn't want to change the status quo. facts...
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so the american association for the advancement of science, the chemical society, geophysical union, institute of biological sciences, meteorological society, society of agronomy, society of plant biologists, botanical society, on and on it goes of the scientific community signed up for this. it is, of course, not just the scientific community that knows that the jury is not, in fact, still out, that knows that, in fact, the verdict is in and that it's time to act. the insurance industry is alarmed about our inaction and has started to take action, holding a press conference with myself and senator sanders not too long ago. marcia mclennon, one of the largest insurance brokers in the world, called climate change -- quote -- "one of the most significant emerging risks facing the world today." the insurance giant a.i.g. has established an office of environment and climate change to assess the risks to insurers in the years ahead. it's not just the insurance industry. it's our intelligence community. it's our military services. manufacture our electric -- many of our electric utilities,
so the american association for the advancement of science, the chemical society, geophysical union, institute of biological sciences, meteorological society, society of agronomy, society of plant biologists, botanical society, on and on it goes of the scientific community signed up for this. it is, of course, not just the scientific community that knows that the jury is not, in fact, still out, that knows that, in fact, the verdict is in and that it's time to act. the insurance industry is...
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and the life science product sponsors. i say "life science" because it's bio it's pharma, it's medical devices and some things that are both. pdufa5, which this is -- it's the fifth time -- allows us to use bio markers to decrease development time by helping demonstrate thiewrp i -- therapeutic benefit more quickly. it requires f.d.a. to develop a dedicated program for drug development and training of staff. we faced turnover -- and there is a lot of reasons for that; i'll come back to that -- but we make sure that those young people who are so smart in science need to know how to work to make the science evaluate in a timely and -- way. this is absolutely critical. we've also incentivized the development of drugs for rare diseases. we also heard that particularly for parents with children with very unique and poignant, heartbreaking diseases. it requires f.d.a. to develop guidance related to advancing and facilitating these, increase out-patients not only to the industry but to those who represent the patient advocacy gro
and the life science product sponsors. i say "life science" because it's bio it's pharma, it's medical devices and some things that are both. pdufa5, which this is -- it's the fifth time -- allows us to use bio markers to decrease development time by helping demonstrate thiewrp i -- therapeutic benefit more quickly. it requires f.d.a. to develop a dedicated program for drug development and training of staff. we faced turnover -- and there is a lot of reasons for that; i'll come back...
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i sometimes call the science complexity, the science of emergency, and sometimes i call it the science of surprise. and abrupt climate change would be one of those. this is something that no one can predict because the patterns are emerging now and we've never seen these patterns before. so if we can let go a little bit about the need, as human beings, once again, change our mental model, our need to control and predict, we may come up with new ideas if we keep focusing on the. on prediction. i think we're going to loose the opportunity for some creative thinking together thing i want to say that is either true with you that the insurance industry, business, worldwide can be a catalyst for other business in pushing ways to make ourselves safer in this new climate paradigm. and that's one of the ways that people can change their habits. we talked about fastening seatbelts, for example. that's a huge change for people. so that's federal i think of the insurance industry, and could be a catalyst and a pioneer for the rest of businesses. but trying to use analytic grid you can methods i th
i sometimes call the science complexity, the science of emergency, and sometimes i call it the science of surprise. and abrupt climate change would be one of those. this is something that no one can predict because the patterns are emerging now and we've never seen these patterns before. so if we can let go a little bit about the need, as human beings, once again, change our mental model, our need to control and predict, we may come up with new ideas if we keep focusing on the. on prediction. i...
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melendez diaz actually adopting the view put forward and the academy of sciences and evaluation of crime lab evidence. and we thought that this was significant as well, that the court has come to see the importance of evaluation and testing on that point we think will be helpful in evaluating this case. and then return to some of the recent developments, which i've already outlined. there's been a series of hearings in this senate judiciary committee come back and cap problems related to forensic sciences and the need to improve testing. so at six view here is not coming in now, averse to the function of police are wholly opposed to the use of drug detection dogs. we simply believe that when these techniques are used in our early 21st century example of canines or five, 10 years out, much more sophisticated electronic-based techniques, there has to be independent evaluation. and in that respect we think the florida supreme court was right to find that the police have not met that burden in this case. >> okay, mark, thank you. you're a corporate lawyer. you're used to stand up and talking
melendez diaz actually adopting the view put forward and the academy of sciences and evaluation of crime lab evidence. and we thought that this was significant as well, that the court has come to see the importance of evaluation and testing on that point we think will be helpful in evaluating this case. and then return to some of the recent developments, which i've already outlined. there's been a series of hearings in this senate judiciary committee come back and cap problems related to...
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first and foremost, senator inhofe tells us in his speech that global science -- global warming science is wrong. first and foremost, senator inhofe tells us in a speech that global warming science is wrong. mr. inhofe states on page s-4860 of the "congressional record" dinner going to do my best to quote him as a unanimous consentla unanimous consentaccur inhofe says the following about global warming and i quote, "in 2003, i" -- senator inhofe -- "started hearing from a the although of the real scientists that it was a hoax." end of quote. senator inhofe continued, quote -- july 11, 2012 -- quote, "it is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people." end of quote. let me repeat again what senator inhofe said just a few weeks ago on the floor of the u.s. senate. quote -- "global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people." end of quote. in fact, mr. president, the title of senator inhofe's new book -- and he was kind enough to give me a copy of that book -- is called "the greatest hoax." that's the title of his book. well, mr. president, let's exa
first and foremost, senator inhofe tells us in his speech that global science -- global warming science is wrong. first and foremost, senator inhofe tells us in a speech that global warming science is wrong. mr. inhofe states on page s-4860 of the "congressional record" dinner going to do my best to quote him as a unanimous consentla unanimous consentaccur inhofe says the following about global warming and i quote, "in 2003, i" -- senator inhofe -- "started hearing from...
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this isn't rocket science. you can just easily say, the classic case now is they have it sitting there and they've offered to pay 5%. can you imagine going into irs and saying, here's what i'm going to pay you this year. just give me a pass on this. give you 5%. ain't going to happen. the multinational corporations happen every day and it is just as dishonest as they get comic. >> host: the point you make is so true. in 2003, congress succumbed to the argument was out of money, corp. of money sitting offshore. we'll pay kind of a token tax year. the whole purpose was supposedly to create jobs. well, later reports have disclosed that the companies that brought back the most money cut jobs, did not actually create jobs. so even when these things are put in place, there's no follow-up to enforce that means some penalty. >> well, it brings us back to a human model and politics because were in the midst of a political campaign. you talk about how the rich view of money and taxes than a dollar bill differently than w
this isn't rocket science. you can just easily say, the classic case now is they have it sitting there and they've offered to pay 5%. can you imagine going into irs and saying, here's what i'm going to pay you this year. just give me a pass on this. give you 5%. ain't going to happen. the multinational corporations happen every day and it is just as dishonest as they get comic. >> host: the point you make is so true. in 2003, congress succumbed to the argument was out of money, corp. of...
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third alternative, which i personally represent and freedom and justice party represented from the science of muslim brotherhood them into existence. no. we do have this tradition that needs to be respected. but at the same time we cannot ignore the european development. because europe came out of the dark ages through islamists -- and europeans learned a lot from the muslim experience and say why can egyptians or arabs and muslims in this regard learn from the europeans, take from the europeans what we need, and leave what we don't. and since then the struggle went on. nazis came to power. the struggle went on. then came, the problem was not specific. mopar, the same thing on january 21. egyptians went millions in the streets of every city in egypt. they decided in one word -- we are not leaving. he has to leave. and him was not just a person. it was more of a system. thank god the system collapsed. but i think of the problem in egypt is not the problem of the day of the dictator. it is a problem of dictatorship. culture of oppression. so egyptian has -- not only with the downfall of the
third alternative, which i personally represent and freedom and justice party represented from the science of muslim brotherhood them into existence. no. we do have this tradition that needs to be respected. but at the same time we cannot ignore the european development. because europe came out of the dark ages through islamists -- and europeans learned a lot from the muslim experience and say why can egyptians or arabs and muslims in this regard learn from the europeans, take from the...
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training in the business schools or science class? >> i've been teaching at stevens for 22 years. i teach this semester. if you look at my class in 1990, you would see something the would look like typical college pretty mixed of kids. the cost today is about 98% for international, and i've got about 65 classrooms, and almost all of them have the intention of leaving the country when they complete their masters of ph.d. because they see bigger opportunities elsewhere. >> that kind of segues and if you want to jump in, i can real quick but i don't want to forget the aspect of compensation for people entering the private sector versus the government sector. there's a debate on salary compensation. i don't know where it is. we have the same issues of bringing in the best and the brightest but if we are not compensating them for the private market bears the there is a notice. anyone want to jump in? >> there is the education system in the military and intelligence resigned people moving into private industry. the most talented is a high school dropout and so i think using the educatio
training in the business schools or science class? >> i've been teaching at stevens for 22 years. i teach this semester. if you look at my class in 1990, you would see something the would look like typical college pretty mixed of kids. the cost today is about 98% for international, and i've got about 65 classrooms, and almost all of them have the intention of leaving the country when they complete their masters of ph.d. because they see bigger opportunities elsewhere. >> that kind...
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we have made significant progress in some of the basic science there. we are a long way from where we would need to be to make it happen. but it's a very important area. and i do hope to see more. i'm sure there will be a lot on hiv/aids at the international aids conference. what we are talking about tb, hiv, i will mention in passing caucus meningitis, a terrible disease and hiv. it's a major problem. it's often fatal. and it's preventable with an expensive medications. and pfizer and cdc are doing studies in south africa and elsewhere or cd scientists have developed a rapid test, or infection i should say. and then we think that just as we give medicine to prevent, we may go to identify which people would benefit from it to prevent meningitis and make a big difference in age would mortality for a very cost effective prevention. i think there's a lot of development of new diagnostic of new treatments and is figuring out what's the role of those treatments. how can the best and most efficiently be used. the question of how we're going to prioritize trea
we have made significant progress in some of the basic science there. we are a long way from where we would need to be to make it happen. but it's a very important area. and i do hope to see more. i'm sure there will be a lot on hiv/aids at the international aids conference. what we are talking about tb, hiv, i will mention in passing caucus meningitis, a terrible disease and hiv. it's a major problem. it's often fatal. and it's preventable with an expensive medications. and pfizer and cdc are...
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but it has mostly become a social science instead of a hard science. you have a lot who cannot catch it in a laboratory. they're still regulating and shrinking our desert portions because that is all they know how to do. i used to represent the center for consumer freedom. in nonprofit industry group. they tell me now there is a professor in san francisco claiming that sugar, a spoonful makes the medicine go down, so dangerous and toxic the government should regulate it like alcohol. on cnn dr. sanjay gupta nods in approval like he received wisdom from the man on the mountain. we see people airbrushing cigarettes out of old movies. i can't wait for the next remake of willy wonka when we are eating broccoli. >> watch the event at 2:00 eastern on c-span3. we will follow that at 3:00 with phone calls, comments and tweets. we have posted a question asking you what is the role of the government in regulating what people sheet and drink. leave your thought that facebook.com/c-span. that is today at 3:00 following the event on c-span3. now a panel discussion
but it has mostly become a social science instead of a hard science. you have a lot who cannot catch it in a laboratory. they're still regulating and shrinking our desert portions because that is all they know how to do. i used to represent the center for consumer freedom. in nonprofit industry group. they tell me now there is a professor in san francisco claiming that sugar, a spoonful makes the medicine go down, so dangerous and toxic the government should regulate it like alcohol. on cnn dr....
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this was the guy that organized the science effort in world war ii. he was the guy that got the los alamos labs and the lab rats up. they knew what they were doing. there is nothing we can't learn from them today to the >> my name is james and i am in the evening division at the university in springfield massachusetts. my question this evening is for mr. thiel. the dichotomy of the one hand of the high finance and the government regulation and great results and you have heavy regulation and poor results. how do you fit the world of works be the stuff, the technology into that theory. do you consider it to be highly regulated or lightly regulated and how would you change the rigid three scheme to make its more productive etc.. >> i would be in favor of going back to say 1950, 1960 level of regulation in the world of stuff i think even if she were in favor of the government doing things there are many cases the regulations are stopping the government from being able to do things a would like to do. i had a conversation a few years ago some of the people
this was the guy that organized the science effort in world war ii. he was the guy that got the los alamos labs and the lab rats up. they knew what they were doing. there is nothing we can't learn from them today to the >> my name is james and i am in the evening division at the university in springfield massachusetts. my question this evening is for mr. thiel. the dichotomy of the one hand of the high finance and the government regulation and great results and you have heavy regulation...
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they're talking about extending this to science. so that if 55% again of campuses were women, they would have to have 55% of science lots, which the white house can easily do because title ix applies to all fields of education. this would be disastrous, both for women and for america's competitiveness. because it would mean that some young men wouldn't be able to major in science, and some young women might be pressured to major in science when they didn't want to do that. >> diana furchtgott-roth is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute, a contributing editor of real clear markets.com, columnist for the "washington examiner." she served as chief of staff george w. bush's council of economic advisers 2001-2002, and served as chief economist at the labor department from 2003-2005. are you supportive of title ix when it comes in the world of sports? we just celebrated the anniversary i think, 40th anniversary or something. >> when the courts were discussing title ix, one of the message that colleges could comply with title ix was
they're talking about extending this to science. so that if 55% again of campuses were women, they would have to have 55% of science lots, which the white house can easily do because title ix applies to all fields of education. this would be disastrous, both for women and for america's competitiveness. because it would mean that some young men wouldn't be able to major in science, and some young women might be pressured to major in science when they didn't want to do that. >> diana...
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let me put it this way, science back at the white house and it ain't going away. [applause] >> hold it close to your mouth. >> hello, mr. vice president. my name is katlin and i'm a senior from laverne, iowa. my question for you is, out of all the universities across the united states, why you decided to come and speak at iowa state? >> tom vilsack. [laughter] >> number 1. and also because you have one heck of a program here. you have one heck of a program where you're marry manufacturing technology, agriculture and also engaging businesses in the region to develop new technologies. and you have a record. i was talking to the dean -- a significant number of the graduates out of the engineering department are going straight into good-paying jobs and straight into industry. that's what we're looking to develop. look, the bottom line of all of this is not just about being number 1 in the world. it's about making sure that you guys can have the same dreams, aspirations, and the prospects and possibilities that my generation had. for the first time -- for the first tim
let me put it this way, science back at the white house and it ain't going away. [applause] >> hold it close to your mouth. >> hello, mr. vice president. my name is katlin and i'm a senior from laverne, iowa. my question for you is, out of all the universities across the united states, why you decided to come and speak at iowa state? >> tom vilsack. [laughter] >> number 1. and also because you have one heck of a program here. you have one heck of a program where you're...
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in term of quality, the science and engineering fields in the u.s. and university level research level are the highest still predominant in the world. other countries countries are catching up as others said because the u.s. was the only man left standing or only person left standing at the end of world war ii and had a free field for two or three decades. as far as k-12 things are concerned. you have a huge disparity in the inequal equality. where i think we're sitting today you probably find outstanding quality, science and math education and k-12 and terrible quality. and that's a microcause m as the u.s. as a whole which has huge inequality. so it's average performance on all of the indicators is medium among developed countries or some would say mediocre if they want to be critical. the top tier does extremely well, the top cortile of graduates from k-12 u.s. schools does well by international standards. the bottom does terribly. the median is somewhere in the middle. if you're worried about the science and engineering work force questions, almo
in term of quality, the science and engineering fields in the u.s. and university level research level are the highest still predominant in the world. other countries countries are catching up as others said because the u.s. was the only man left standing or only person left standing at the end of world war ii and had a free field for two or three decades. as far as k-12 things are concerned. you have a huge disparity in the inequal equality. where i think we're sitting today you probably find...
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this happens all the time and social sciences. i think not to try to bring some resolution on this. we have a stark difference here, some say you should not retain. it's bad but on average, and the average say it produces positive impact is nil and that's based on over 100 years of research and meta-analysis and so forth. than a policy for even, marty claims that the florida evidence shows that it can be part of a plan. so first before i ask the question i want to see if we can reach some kind of agreement here that i think there may be more agreement than meets the eye. we are all in agreement i think that if a school system really wants to attack this problem of reading, of insufficient reading, or by the early grades, that they need a multiple part strategy and definitely should increase -- include preschool education, diagnosis, extreme and so forth. there's a lot of agreement about how to do this. positioned the policy brief is that as part of that multiple part plan that retention makes sense. and that goes in the face of a lot of evidence. so what's the resolution? how can we
this happens all the time and social sciences. i think not to try to bring some resolution on this. we have a stark difference here, some say you should not retain. it's bad but on average, and the average say it produces positive impact is nil and that's based on over 100 years of research and meta-analysis and so forth. than a policy for even, marty claims that the florida evidence shows that it can be part of a plan. so first before i ask the question i want to see if we can reach some kind...
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but to start with, the diet is a political science kit you can call, the relationship between iran on the one and the united states on the other hand, is terrifically imbalance in terms of material power. iran cannot conquer the united states. the united states, if they decided to, could conquer iran. it would be a big mess. i don't support doing so, but in terms of mentoring power there's simply no comparing the two countries. so given that, if you look at things from iran's perspective, any diplomatic deal would involve making lots of substantial security assurances to iran. if you do this, not only will we not, not only will we do something, but we also agree not to do something in the future. so the question becomes how could iran trust assurances provided by a country that has overwhelming power and, indeed, i believe is still a unipolar power in the international system? how do you make credible assurances to relatively weak state, as a unipolar power that if he decided to, could renege on those assurances at any point. this is a point that i think is not terribly well grasped,
but to start with, the diet is a political science kit you can call, the relationship between iran on the one and the united states on the other hand, is terrifically imbalance in terms of material power. iran cannot conquer the united states. the united states, if they decided to, could conquer iran. it would be a big mess. i don't support doing so, but in terms of mentoring power there's simply no comparing the two countries. so given that, if you look at things from iran's perspective, any...
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i would point for example to president obama's science adviser, the council advisor on science technology if you look to the document that doesn't seem to have any intention but it did it publish from the executive office of the president on september 25th is a call for a doubling of the new medical drugs and treatments. i think that is a much more refreshing approach to take as we think about health care issues as opposed to budget cuts, and i hope that frankly both parties take it up in the next four years. >> jim has put a serious policy issue on the table. this is a partisan environment that we are in. we are inside of the u.s. capitol here in the committee room. there isn't much that happens in washington today because of the partisan fighting. is there room after this agenda where we just spent $6 billion in a campaign between each other's brains and came up with of the same president and commerce and senate for serious bipartisan efforts on curing diseases like alzheimer's or any other sure tough agenda ralf or stan we can start with somebody from a partisan perspective. >> well, l
i would point for example to president obama's science adviser, the council advisor on science technology if you look to the document that doesn't seem to have any intention but it did it publish from the executive office of the president on september 25th is a call for a doubling of the new medical drugs and treatments. i think that is a much more refreshing approach to take as we think about health care issues as opposed to budget cuts, and i hope that frankly both parties take it up in the...
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i mean, most people in science are not minorities. we know that. >> let's take that very specific goal. how did you do that? >> first of all, a philanthropist in our area said i want to do something about the issue of black males. everything i see about black males on tv is negative except basketball. what can we do about that? and i said, we have this challenge of trying to get more kids who can succeed in science. black kids -- when you got chinese and russian and all kinds of students on campus, black kids from baltimore or from dc can't begin to compare. >> how do you do it? >> let's start with a group. let's find the best kids and let's see what it takes for them to succeed. >> okay. so wait a minute. let me stop you find them in maryland? >> we started in maryland. now they're from all over the country. >> you literally have to go out and identify them and recruit them? >> and what we said was, we want to prepare students not just to make it in science. we want to prepare the leaders for american science. we want to prepare peop
i mean, most people in science are not minorities. we know that. >> let's take that very specific goal. how did you do that? >> first of all, a philanthropist in our area said i want to do something about the issue of black males. everything i see about black males on tv is negative except basketball. what can we do about that? and i said, we have this challenge of trying to get more kids who can succeed in science. black kids -- when you got chinese and russian and all kinds of...
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imus second year master of science and foreign service to and and i'm originally from maryland. i was wondering how reaction plan will deal with the cultural sensitive issues of -- including cultural norms and sensitivities within the plant and how it might have implementation mechanism that might take into account any potential backlash. >> that is an excellent question and of course it is something we think about all the time and it is really a -- along a spectrum of actions and reactions. of course we understand that there are differences that are historic and cultural importance in many places around the world. many of those we respect and we try to be very sensitive to the legitimate concerns that people have about protecting what they value in their own societies. but there are certain actions that are beyond any cultural norm. beating women is not cultural. it is criminal and it needs to be addressed and treated as such. [applause] and then there are those historic practices like female circumcision that have been around for centuries or honor killings which serve the pur
imus second year master of science and foreign service to and and i'm originally from maryland. i was wondering how reaction plan will deal with the cultural sensitive issues of -- including cultural norms and sensitivities within the plant and how it might have implementation mechanism that might take into account any potential backlash. >> that is an excellent question and of course it is something we think about all the time and it is really a -- along a spectrum of actions and...
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she has -- is my ranking member on commerce, justice and science. we've worked together on the space program. we've worked together to keep our -- our areas safe. from the start, we shared a personal commitment that technology in space could help america remain exceptional. a belief in supporting the research in science leading to new ideas that would be not only new areas that we would explore but new technologies for new products and new jobs. yes, i visited her dad at mission control and i've been there during the great research that we were able to see being done in that area. she, too, remember, the home of the komen foundation is in texas. but it is not -- senator hutchison was very clear that she wanted to be sure that she, too, was an advocate for women's health. we worked together on mammogram quality standards. madam president, were you aware that in the early days -- and i know sometimes we sound like we built the pyramids together when i tell these stories -- it is both ancient history and a recent reality. if you went into a doctor's of
she has -- is my ranking member on commerce, justice and science. we've worked together on the space program. we've worked together to keep our -- our areas safe. from the start, we shared a personal commitment that technology in space could help america remain exceptional. a belief in supporting the research in science leading to new ideas that would be not only new areas that we would explore but new technologies for new products and new jobs. yes, i visited her dad at mission control and...
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but in other circumstances there's no good science demonstrating that the use after fishing sinker is causing any appreciable problems or that the use of traditional lead ammunition is causing any major problems. so, there is that policy issue but the other side is just a legal one which is, did the 1976 toxic substances act give epa that authority. this ep . a, this administration a epa said no. this provision in the bill would codify that decision and confirm it. two other parts, there's a section involving recreational shooting on certain blm land. this is provision determined to be necessary because the bureau of land management in recent years has taken a series of steps very hostile to traditional recreational shooting out there in particularly the west. >> host: these are lands that have some structure in place that al lo lous you to hunt and fish? >> this is not structure this recreational shooting go out someplace, obviously far out of town. put tin cans on a rock and do plinking and shooting and target shooting of that type. the provisions in the bill are designed to overcom
but in other circumstances there's no good science demonstrating that the use after fishing sinker is causing any appreciable problems or that the use of traditional lead ammunition is causing any major problems. so, there is that policy issue but the other side is just a legal one which is, did the 1976 toxic substances act give epa that authority. this ep . a, this administration a epa said no. this provision in the bill would codify that decision and confirm it. two other parts, there's a...
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or you're a student or science that's all local on here, mostly local. not entirely. but a lot of apps on here, you know, which give you restaurant recommendations or travel stuff or whatever it is, wikipedia, whatever there are probably 25 wikipedia apps on here, those things run into the claude and get the data -- into the cloud and get the data. so this thing does not have to have a huge hard disk in here. and i think the cloud it has issues, there's insecurities, there's multiple different cloud services, and you have to kind of figure out what you want to do, but that is an enormous, an enormous thing. >> host: and those, all these devices use spectrum. >> guest: well, everything uses spectrum, but i think that's a real washington way of looking at it. actually, the tech guys are beginning to think that they can figure out a way to slice the spectrum in a way that would actually open it up. i'm not saying the telecom companies have this point of view, but the tech guys are working very hard on ways they think to split it up. yeah, they all use spect
or you're a student or science that's all local on here, mostly local. not entirely. but a lot of apps on here, you know, which give you restaurant recommendations or travel stuff or whatever it is, wikipedia, whatever there are probably 25 wikipedia apps on here, those things run into the claude and get the data -- into the cloud and get the data. so this thing does not have to have a huge hard disk in here. and i think the cloud it has issues, there's insecurities, there's multiple different...
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and in 1985, governor tom kean got the new jersey legislature to create a new jersey commission on science and technology. i was at a time in other states are looking at things like this. the idea was to have state capital and leverage university industry and partnerships in areas that were deemed to be important to new jersey's economy. the structure of the commission deliberately was structured to have government officials. in fact, the state senate majority leader and the speaker of the assembly on the commission. presidents at any given time ex officio of two of the research universities of the state, always one public and one private. and then a certain number of private citizens for a gubernatorial appointees and i was one of those does not a paid position i assure you. and so the commission focused on creating advanced research centers, building actual infrastructure and then had a budget to deal with competitive grants programs in certain research areas that the commission discussed in deemed to be important. things like technology and medicine, informatics at that time and computa
and in 1985, governor tom kean got the new jersey legislature to create a new jersey commission on science and technology. i was at a time in other states are looking at things like this. the idea was to have state capital and leverage university industry and partnerships in areas that were deemed to be important to new jersey's economy. the structure of the commission deliberately was structured to have government officials. in fact, the state senate majority leader and the speaker of the...
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about creating the most interesting and ambitious forum for the discussion on politics and business and science and technology and the arts and it was thanks to the division of the accomplished author and journalist walter isaacson who's the ceo of the aspen institute who approached the owner of the of cleantech, david bradley, about partnering to create a new event called the has been ideas festival. in less than a decade, the house and ideas festival takes place every summer in the beautiful aspin campus in colorado has become an influential leader in the global event arena. for the success we decided four years ago to take elements of that great show on the road and with the partnership of general and the newseum, the washington ideas for rahm was born. you'll hear the greatest journalists interviewed felt makers and leaders to discuss topics as varied the future of the entrepreneur should, global health, education, the future of china and many more subjects. so if you bear with me i would just like to offer some words of appreciation or the organizations and people that have made this event
about creating the most interesting and ambitious forum for the discussion on politics and business and science and technology and the arts and it was thanks to the division of the accomplished author and journalist walter isaacson who's the ceo of the aspen institute who approached the owner of the of cleantech, david bradley, about partnering to create a new event called the has been ideas festival. in less than a decade, the house and ideas festival takes place every summer in the beautiful...
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he received his bachelor of science in civil engineering from the universities of cairo, and masters of international law from the university of paris, and this is quite fitting because in the arab world with one out of three of all arabs being egyptians, egyptians have participated in and leading representatives in international organizations in more than any other country in the arab world, and, indeed, one egyptian became the secretary general of the united nations. please join me in welcoming mohamed taufik. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to start by thanking dr. anthony for your kind introduction and kind invitation for me to be here today. particularly, i'd li to thank you fo the fantastork you an the council have be doing to promote relations between the ited states and the ash world. these relations are vital f the interest of both paies, and i look forward to continue to cooperation and continued efforts to promote these relations. i feel i have a special role being the first ambassador of egypt after the revolution to the united states. it's a sense a resp
he received his bachelor of science in civil engineering from the universities of cairo, and masters of international law from the university of paris, and this is quite fitting because in the arab world with one out of three of all arabs being egyptians, egyptians have participated in and leading representatives in international organizations in more than any other country in the arab world, and, indeed, one egyptian became the secretary general of the united nations. please join me in...
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it has tremendously grown in science and to the millions and we think that this is also helpful for the sector having that kind of concept capability. >> the nice thing about it is it gives the patient control in terms of being able to move from one provider to another, and again, just congratulations to you and your team for leading the way for the whole health care sector in terms of that initiative and i know the comments have come up and i am running out of time. the issue of regionalizing claims is emerging as an issue in connecticut as well and i look forward to working with your department to try to solve that problem. >> we will do that. >> thank you mr. chairman and both of you for being here and for your service to the nation. it's an honor to have you here. my question has to do it and you have heard some references to it, the commission and the fact that now five years later after the issued this urgent call to streamline to make sure that we have a single point of reference for the care and the services and the benefits of the military we have two very distinct entities. we
it has tremendously grown in science and to the millions and we think that this is also helpful for the sector having that kind of concept capability. >> the nice thing about it is it gives the patient control in terms of being able to move from one provider to another, and again, just congratulations to you and your team for leading the way for the whole health care sector in terms of that initiative and i know the comments have come up and i am running out of time. the issue of...
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we don't want to do something precipitously that's going to have a deleterious effect on the science. on the other hand, we have a very important mission in homeland security that we must insure is well served. we do have to avoid red lines because the minute you put out a red line, somebody's going to figure out a way to cross it. so the best way to do it is through very thinking, very judgmental-type bodies like the nsabb that has played an extraordinarily important role in getting us through these two papers and understanding what was going on with those papers. so it really does come down to a matter of judgment. on the question of, the direct question do we need legislation right now or regulations, i would say the executive has a lot of work to do to work through the policies as we talked about, the 29, march, government policy is a first step. we are making great headway. we're continuing those deliberations. we are learning from each other. we think in dhs we've got a lot of good policies that we've got implemented. we're sharing those to the maximum extent possible. so i woul
we don't want to do something precipitously that's going to have a deleterious effect on the science. on the other hand, we have a very important mission in homeland security that we must insure is well served. we do have to avoid red lines because the minute you put out a red line, somebody's going to figure out a way to cross it. so the best way to do it is through very thinking, very judgmental-type bodies like the nsabb that has played an extraordinarily important role in getting us through...
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we should be illiterate to such science and in so doing to this repetition of blood. this is a real buddy - not wish for ourselves. i wish so much more that for israel and palestine. >> i would add an important point. even more important than the resumption of the peace process as the 2-cd solution, the loss of faith in the two state solution is the most dangerous development i can imagine. >> what is the alternative state. estimates greater perlstein. it would require some invoices there is a place for a jewish state, a state for the jewish people come any other option is destructive for us and of course the other option is to continue with the occupation which again i do not really believe that the palestinians will comply obediently with the ongoing of the what we call status quo there will be a moment when we will explode again there would be much more destructive and dangerous for us and for them as well. >> i can't see you but i can see your hand. >> thank you. ms. mix before, david. as a follow-up to what you said the palestinians will only be discussing the al
we should be illiterate to such science and in so doing to this repetition of blood. this is a real buddy - not wish for ourselves. i wish so much more that for israel and palestine. >> i would add an important point. even more important than the resumption of the peace process as the 2-cd solution, the loss of faith in the two state solution is the most dangerous development i can imagine. >> what is the alternative state. estimates greater perlstein. it would require some invoices...
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probably most importantly, they are not grounded in science. the approach is also does not acknowledge the complexity of our nation's drug problem or reflect what science has shown us over the past two decades. whenever you can put the answer to a complex problem on a bumper sticker, you know you probably don't have much of an answer. that's why two weeks ago, we released the national drug control policy and it pursues a third way for our nation to approach drug control. this is a 21st century approach to drug policy. it's progressive. it's innovative. it's evidence-based, and it represents what we believe is a way ahead for drug policy. you know, along these lines, i was very pleased sunday night to see the "60 minutes" piece featuring the staff at the national institute of drug abuse. the piece really showed the institute's ground breaking work in the science of addiction in reflecting what we learned about the disease and highlighted the future direction of drug policy. now, in fact, at the national institute of drug abuse is the source of 8
probably most importantly, they are not grounded in science. the approach is also does not acknowledge the complexity of our nation's drug problem or reflect what science has shown us over the past two decades. whenever you can put the answer to a complex problem on a bumper sticker, you know you probably don't have much of an answer. that's why two weeks ago, we released the national drug control policy and it pursues a third way for our nation to approach drug control. this is a 21st century...
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so science and technology is absolutely critical. in ge over the last decade we've gone from 2% of our industrial revenue and r&d to 6% of our industrial revenue into r&d. and 2012 we will launch more new products than any year in our history, roughly twice our historical average. and so regardless of company, regardless of region, we think that a resurgence and a focus on science, technology, innovation, has got to be the cornerstone of any successful company. it's the cornerstone of job creation and it's something we think winning countries and winning companies will do. second, manufacturing. there's a lot written today about manufacturing. what i would say, i came to work for ge in 1982. for roughly 20 years, if you look at global process, matters were inexpensive and the largest peace in your cost structure tended to be labor. we live in a deflationary time period. now we live in more of an inflationary time period where the cost of materials are really the largest cost on anybody's income, income statement. and so as result i t
so science and technology is absolutely critical. in ge over the last decade we've gone from 2% of our industrial revenue and r&d to 6% of our industrial revenue into r&d. and 2012 we will launch more new products than any year in our history, roughly twice our historical average. and so regardless of company, regardless of region, we think that a resurgence and a focus on science, technology, innovation, has got to be the cornerstone of any successful company. it's the cornerstone of...